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Can a 3 month old have allergies?

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My baby is 3 months old and for the last month has had sneezing & coughing going on. Lots of congestion. The doctor thought it was just a cold from being in daycare while another doctor thinks its allergies. She has put my baby on zyrtec 1.5mg a day..... Can this be????

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I'm having the same problem right now. My daughter has had a stuffy nose on and off since she was 2 weeks old. She has so much drainage that she actually throws up nothing but phlem. she goes to her 4 month appointment today, and I am going to tell them that they are going to do something for my baby. I have been asking about allergies since the stuffy nose appeared. It's really stressful to see ur little baby suffering. she is grouchy, can't sleep, struggles to breath, can't eat. It's horrible to see and so far the doctors will not do anything.

My daughter is 5 months old and has suffered with congestion and sneezing since she was born. Her congestion is not bad to the point where it makes it hard for her to sleep or anything but it is persistent and has not gone away. The doctor told me it would clear up when she was first born but it has never gone away. My husband and I have allergies. At what age can she be tested for allergies?

My 4 month old son has had chronic congestion and eczema for about 75% of his short little life. He's been sneezing, coughing, wheezing with a runny nose, watery eyes and really bad eczema for what feels like forever. I was breastfeeding but he's sensitive to all dairy, soy doesn't work for him, and now we've started him on Alimentum. Does anyone know how long it takes to start to see results with Alimentum? Zyrtec doesn't seem to touch his symptoms and I hate the idea of giving my baby drugs every day!! Thanks if anyone can help us :)

My baby is 3 months old and going through the exact same thing. At about 2 months he got his first cold. Dr. said it should go away ater 2-2.5 weeks and that his ears were perfect. Went back to Dr. after 3 weeks...no improvement w/ saline drops, aspirator, & humidfier. Not to mention every night he slept elevated in his swing. His mucus had turned green, but his ears were still fine. Dr. gave him amoxicillin. After 3 days, he screamed every time he ate. I think his young stomach was very senstive to the meds. We stopped the meds and called the Dr. We're supposed to go back if no improvement by Thursday. So far no improvement...and we were told the same thing...they can't have allergies this young, but it seems like a very bad year for all. I'm a complete loss too...have no idea what to do. Anyone have some home remedies?

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my daughter is 8 months old going through the same. itchy eyes that run water, severe congestion, runny nose, sneezing and now a cough at night my pediatrician suggested it might be allergies instead of a cold to give her 1/2 tsp of infant/childrens benedryl, in addition to the vaporizer, saline, and nose sucking and i also do vicks baby rub, before bed for a few nights. the first night about 20 min after giving it to her she only coughed 2ce the rest of the night and it seemed to help dry up the mucus causing her congestion b/c she wasn't as congested. but night 2 not so much luck so ill be calling back today.

hello all, my little boy is 2 and 9 months and i have just had a major break though with his terrible eczema, so wish to share what i have learnt with all and and would like you to pass the info i give you to anyone you can. out of sheer desperation i went to a kinesiologist in shirley surrey (uk) which was the best £30 i have ever spent!!http://www.croydonallergyclinic.com/treatments.html, but do not despair i will tell you what to do as most eczema sufferers will respond to the same advice, but do try and get to a kinesiologist they are miracle workers! the first thing you must cut out is ALL citric acid in every shape and form (and if you are breast feeding that means you as well.), oranges lemons limes grapefruit strawberries pineapple kiwi grapes. You MAY have apples pears peaches bananas plums cherries mango paw paw water melon (not other melon) ORGANIC strawberries and grapes /raisins/sultanas are fine to have as they do not contain pesticides. The pesticides used on non organic grapes and strawberries contain citric acid. avoid tomatoes unless organic or beef tomatoes you can also have organic ketchup and organic baked beans. avoid oxo cubes use knorr chicken or vegetable. avoid vinegar use cider vinegar. The pesticide used on ALL wheat contains guess what, citric acid. only have organic bread pasta biscuits, and ONLY HAVE WHITE NOT WHOLEMEAL as this irritates the intestines. organic weet-a-bix no good as its whole grain! try corn flakes rice crispies porridge oats. bake with white organic flour and only have white rice NOT brown also for breast feeding mums organic wine or Argentinean wine and only budweiser for beer. for sweeties try kadburys choc buttons or milky bar choc buttons.NO haribos etc, only have full fat milk (i use organic) semi skimmed no good ( must be citric acid in the process in making it semi skimmed (half and half), cheese strings no good, but normal cheese is fine as is philadelphia. yoghurt and fromage frais fine but look out for the citric acid!. do not use breaded things like fish fingers as the breadcrumbs contain citric acid but organic is fine. Plain meat fish smoked salman ham vegetables olives butter olive oil sunflower oil eggs potatoes salad are fine, obviously if you know your little one is allergic to any of the 'ok' foods i have listed, avoid them. i would avoid sauages even organic as the 'spices' are generally no good. ONLY use SURCARE or 'boots' sensitive skin washing powder/liquid/softner/wul (avoid all othe 'skin friendly soap powder/liquid, they contain citric acid) for ALL the familys clothes. use non citrus dishwasher tablets and cleaning products. for hand soap use 'simple' tablet soap, pump soap contains citric acid.for hair use l'Oreal elvive multi vitamin shampoo and conditioner (white bottle with green edging) or l'oreal kerestas (white bottle orange lid) for teeth use aqua fresh milk teeth (i use 0-3) and for the skin oddly enough the only creams that test ok for eczema are pure vaseline and aqueous cream. also izaac tested ok for 0.5% hydrocortisone cream which i have now stopped using.( i have to admit that i did continue to use a bit of diprobase for about 3-4 days once i started the 'programme' i didn't have the faith to just go straight onto aqueous) but have since stopped) i just shower him with water to wash him but you can use aqueous for washing also. nappies only use huggies and huggies pure wipes. aloe vera gel is in pampas nappies and sensetive wipes which contain citric acid! ahh for drinks diluted apple juice full fat milk water or tesco hi juice ,only apple pomegranate and rasberry. i cannot emphasise enough on reading EVERY label for the dreaded citric acid and wheat (unless organic wheat) you will start to see a difference in a matter of days I PROMISE. i have only been doing this for 2 weeks so far and fell i need to tell the world!!! please do not cheat. as for medicines izaac tested ok for nurofen (strawberry) piriton benadryl and tixylix for chesty coughs. i would avoid mushrooms pombear crisps and nuts peanut butter and jam and marmite. Honey is fine and so are hoola-hoop crisps. i hope this all makes sense, sorry its a bit jumbled up, it seems alot but it is really easy to do. please let me know how you get on and spread the word. one last thing i looked up citric acid on wikapedia and there was a link to citric acid allergy it gave the sympoms of dry itchy skin dark circles under eyes, bleeding cracked skin etc. it makes sense to me that if you are allergic to citric acid (and probably ALL eczema sufferers are)it is a poison to you, remove it and watch the body heal itself form with-in!! please try this for just 2 weeks you have nothing to loose and it really is sooo easy. love to all. X

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